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05-10-2010, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Browns Mills
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Let's play a game...
Funny story tonight... not so much funny just very inconvenient. So I'm driving back from Burlington Mall after seeing Iron Man 2. Just as I'm about to exit I-295 my car dies, lie everything died, no gas no hazards only headlights worked.... so i manage to pull it to the side and start to cry hysterically... except not. I look underneath to see if anything was leaking, nothing was. I pop the hood so see if there was any obvious problems. Nothing out of the ordinary.
I found the problem... since I'm writing this now.
BUT I want to give you guys a chance to try and figure out what had happened. So go ahead post your answers. Then I will post what it was and how I fixed it.
It might be easy for some if not all to figure out.
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05-10-2010, 10:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: bridgewater
Posts: 868
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battery cuttoff switch + short to power on the headlights?
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its an ongoing joke between the Geo Storm crew and the Sebring coupe team.
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bolt-ons and a bed n' breakfast
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05-10-2010, 10:53 PM
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12 Second Club
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Location: metuchen, nj
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****ing pirates?
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05-10-2010, 10:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Delran
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MUTHA****ING SNAKES IN MY ENGINE BAY
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05-11-2010, 05:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sewell,NJ Washington Township
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someone stole your motor while you were driving?
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1995 Pontiac Firebird - V6 few mods
1988 Mustang - supercharged, heads/cam etc...
2012 Mustang - 5.0 6spd / 437rwhp 420trq
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Verts are gay and stalkers ride in them.
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05-11-2010, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
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Fusible Link?
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--==RPM Resto & Custom==--
1989 IROC-Z Media Coverage:
Chevy High Performance - Readers Rides 4/03
GM High Tech Performance - Tech Article 3/06
Chevy Rumble - Tech & Feature Articles November 2006
Auto Restorer Magazine - Feature Article 5/11
SkinAndSteel.com
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05-11-2010, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: NJ
Posts: 819
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battery fell out because there was no tie down?
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05-11-2010, 09:19 AM
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MIR
Join Date: Jul 2005
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flux capacitor gave out.
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05-11-2010, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Columbia
Posts: 928
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Using windows Vista as your OS?
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Praise the Lowered
67' Camaro - Worked 327, Hotchkis TVS suspension, 4 wheel cross drilled discs, AM radio FTL
05' Silverado - Stock, stock, and stock.
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05-11-2010, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Edison
Posts: 7,856
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car was on fire?
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05-11-2010, 11:14 AM
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11 second club / Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Berlin, NJ
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trunk monkey got confused and disabled the car?
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2001 Trans Am WS6 •SLP Loudmouth II •UMI Suspension •12.857 @ 109.57
1996 Trans Am WS6 •Pacesetter Longtubes •Strange 12 Bolt •Spohn Suspension •11.152 @ 123.85
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05-11-2010, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Point Pleasant
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deadtrend1
trunk monkey got confused and disabled the car?
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yes
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94 2wd SBSC Gmt400. 330CI LSX, Fast 102, Trickflow 205s, close ratio nv3500, 4.30/trutrac.
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05-11-2010, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Columbia
Posts: 928
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deadtrend1
trunk monkey got confused and disabled the car?
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Winner!!!
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Praise the Lowered
67' Camaro - Worked 327, Hotchkis TVS suspension, 4 wheel cross drilled discs, AM radio FTL
05' Silverado - Stock, stock, and stock.
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05-11-2010, 01:57 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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the nut behind the wheel is loose?
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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05-11-2010, 01:59 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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forgot to top off your blinker fluid?
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05-11-2010, 02:05 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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I got it.
On 5/10/10 your HEI ignition became self aware, and began taking control of all of the machines and computers in the area. It quickly used its ignition module to gain access to government mainframes and important electronic devices, starting factories that began to build huminoid robot killing machines. They began terrorizing the area, crushing the skulls of the dead underneath their feet. In order to fix the problem you took up arms with some local volunteers and you battled back, fighting the HEI and it's creations using a series of tunnels and an underground network of resistance soldiers. In order to make sure that the human race would survive you sent your father back through time, where he plowed some random chick who turns out to be your mom. She toughened up as she prepared the world for the coming apocalypse, teaching a young you about the importance of proper timing settings and how to use a multimeter. As you grew you got adept at the differences between crank triggers and magnetos, and how to identify and battle ridiculously overcomplex wiring systems. Last night you met a girl you knew at an animal hospital while being chased by an optispark in a hot red leather jumpsuit. As a precaution, the future girl sends an old points ignition system back to help you. He battles the optispark with great ferocity and eventually (like all points ignitions) he gives up the ghost leaving you in a lurch. Then you realized that this is the plot to the Terminator series, and that nobody really cares what happened. If I had to guess, I'd say a fuse popped.
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05-11-2010, 02:12 PM
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8 Second Club
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 4,315
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wow great answer WildBillyT 
Your car commited suicide
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05-11-2010, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 201
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somehow pressed the panic alarm/enabled the panic alarm while driving?
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05-11-2010, 03:11 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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baaaaaaaahahahahahhaha that was awesome Bill!
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05-11-2010, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
Posts: 3,200
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Your feet generated enough static on the carpet that when you accidently touched the ALDL you shorted out the whole car.
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I USED TO HAVE an 85 Camaro 305 4bbl, 90 Firebird V6, 97 Firebird V6 (10 speakers!). Despite the two family vehicles, 3 kids, wife and mortgage, I can finally realize the dream - 88 TA almost all stock... for now.
http://www.cardomain.com/id/untameddave
Wanted this -  , but ended up with this -  for free. Can't argue with free.
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05-11-2010, 09:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Sewell,NJ Washington Township
Posts: 2,416
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ahhh maybe it was Fast & Furious and they shot him with an EMP gun
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1995 Pontiac Firebird - V6 few mods
1988 Mustang - supercharged, heads/cam etc...
2012 Mustang - 5.0 6spd / 437rwhp 420trq
Quote:
Originally Posted by LTs1ow
Verts are gay and stalkers ride in them.
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05-12-2010, 11:14 AM
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13 Second Club
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing/Galloway, NJ
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Its a third gen, maybe it saw its reflection and chose to try to /itself
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99 Riviera, Bone stock, 14.34 @ 96 "Walking 5.0's in luxury" RIP
95 Cherokee, Bone stock 16.2 @ 83 "Treeing your 3rd gen and beating it to the line despite trapping less....and looking better"
93 TA, Bone stock, 13.8 @ 100 "Beating ****** drivers in ****** LS1's"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/285090241699967/
R.I.P. Tia 
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05-12-2010, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Edison
Posts: 7,856
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Quote:
Originally Posted by baddest434
Your car commited suicide
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TALK RADIO! 
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05-12-2010, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Delran
Posts: 6,785
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this thread sucks
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05-12-2010, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Oldbridge
Posts: 701
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the car stalled out and was in DRIVE when you tried to start it back up again?
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2001 Camaro SS M6 LMII w/ LID (currently DD)
1987 Camaro IROC-Z 5.7 TPI RIP
1991 BMW 325i RIP
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